3 More Free Map Icon Packs
It’s been a while since we last featured 3 great map icon sets for customising your Mango, and the world of icons has grown in leaps and bounds since. Here’s 3 more free map icons packs to use on your maps.
The End of Google Maps Engine Causes Mass Confusion
UPDATE: Google Maps Engine API will be turned off on January 29, 2016. Are you ready? We’ve been following the announcement from Google that they are axing their Google Maps Engine product very closely and tracking the impact that it is having in the industry. The most viewed article relating to Google’s announcement appeared on ZDNet. The article was primarily aimed at those who understood what Google Maps Engine is/was and didn’t really attempt to clarify where this product stood in Google’s wide array of map related offerings. As a result, many people have misunderstood the announcement with some even […]
The Great Land Debate
As a follow up to an earlier blog post addressing an article in the Phnom Penh Post claiming that the Kingdom’s arable land is “all but gone”, I thought I’d delve into this issue a little further and look beyond some of the obviously inaccurate numbers quoted in the article. Based on data obtained from Open Development Cambodia and other sources, I’ve put together this map, which gives a more comprehensive picture of land use and land use potential. One of the more interesting data layers I’ve used here is a watershed classification layer which “describes the potential degradation risk when cleared of […]